Art of making containers



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H. w. JONES ART 0? MAKING CONTAINERS Original Filed Mai-ch 15, 1919 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 13,, 219241 @lFlFilU HARRY W. JONES, OFBEDFORD, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOF. TO THE AMERICAN CAN COM- PANY, OF NEW YORK,N. Y., CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ART OF IMAKING CONTAINERS.

Application filed. March 15, 1919, Serial No. 282,849. Renewed December9, 1922.

To all whomct may concern.

Be it known that I. HARRY lV. JoNEs,

a citizen of the United States, residing in Bedtord, in the State ofVirginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Art ofhilaking Containers, 0t which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to the art or" making containers andhas more particular reference to the provision of containers havinghinged flanged covers, and has for its object the provision of animproved process for making said containers together with apparatus forcarrying out said process.

My invention. contemplates the provision of a box having a flangedhinged cover, the hinge being provided by completely first positioning ahinged staple and then sub sequently attaching the cover to it. Thispermits the use of the ordinary stapling machines in combination withapparatus for subsequently securing the attached cover in place andconsequently the manufacture or" the box at an extremely low cost whileat the same time providing a greatly improved box. The process, thecombination of instrumentalities used and the box itself are allbelieved new.

The invention contemplates also the application of the label to the boxbefore the hinge is positioned, and when the hinge and cover are appliedthe performance of this operation without marring the appearance of thelabel.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentas it is better understood from the following description whenconsidered in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrat ing thesame.

I On the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of parts of the box and apparatus showingtheir arrangement preparatory to the beginning of the assembling.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the arrangement of the parts inpositioning the staple;

Fig. 3 is a section showing the completion of the positioning of thestaple;

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of an end of the box showing thearrangement of the staple when in place;

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the initial step in assembling thecover on the box; and

Figs. 6 and 7 show ameans for bending the hinged tongue or cover lugabout the staple.

Referring first to Fig. 1 it will be noted that afibre body 11, to whichhas been secured a metal closed end 12, is provided in the presentinstance in the flattened t'orm frequently given tobacco boxes. Thelabel is preferably affixed to this body before the cover is applied aswill be now described. This body is adapted to be slipped over a hingeor mandrel 13, a tongue or shim 14: being provided to extend above theupper flat wall of the box body as it goes on to the mandrel. Pi staple15. having a main central part 16 and two legs 17, is then brought downto embrace the tongue let and is forced through the fibre body by abumper 18 which completely positions the staple bending its legs 17 intoclinched re lation with the inside of the body. The tongue or shim 14-holds the body or main part 16 of the staple away from the box body asis indicated in Fig. a.

Feterring now to Fig. 5. it will be noted that av cover 21 is provided.having a pcripheral flange 22 from which extends out a hinged lip ortongue 23. This tongue is inserted beneath the staple as indicated inFig. 5 and is thereatter bent to embrace the body 16 of the staple. Thismay be accomplished as shown in Fig. 6. A staple tool or instrument 2%:is used to push the tongue back into the position shown in Fig. 6 andthe tongue is then bumped by a bumper 25 to clinch it about the part 16.

The staple is thus completely positioned before the cover is brought toassembling relation and it will be noted that the legs of the stapleproduce the perforations through which they extend into clinchingposition.

The hinge is thus formed without in any way damaging or weakening thepaper or fiber material of the box body, and also without marring orscarring a label previously applied. The ends of the staple need not beimbedded in it and the material need not be ofiset to accommodate thestaple. The hinge action of thebox remains free, and when the open endof the fiber body is pressed in to permit the cover to close, a strongtight engagement results.

Q asepee It is thought that the invention and many of its attendantadvantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and itWill be apparent that various changes may be made in the form,construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its materialadvantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferredembodiment thereof.

I do not claim herein the article or box produced by this process andapparatus, the same being the subject of my application which is adivision hereof, filed July 7, 1919.

I claim:

1. The process of manufacturing containers, which comprises firstproviding a body, then inserting a staple through the body, spacing thestaple at its ends away from the main body of the container andclinching its ends and then inserting the hinged lip of a cover betweenthe body of said staple and the body of a container.

2. The process of constructing containers, which consists in providingthe completed body of a container, attaching thereto a hinge-staple,holding the hinge element away from the body of the container by meanswhich are removable to permit the introduction ofthe cover portion ofthe hinge, and then introducing the hinge element of the cover under thehinge element of the staple and completing the formation of the hingebetween the body and cover.

3. The process of constructing a container,

which consists in providing a container body, positioninga staple andclinching the ends while holding the body of the staple away from acontainer body by means which are removable to permit the introductionof the hinge element of the cover, and sub tainer body, then applying alabel thereto and subsequently attaching the hinge of a hinged cover bya staple taking through the label and into the container body.

6. In an apparatus for making boxes, the combination of a mandrel onwhich the box body may be positioned, a shim adapted to be embraced by astaple to hold the body 01'? the staple away from the box body, meansfor pressing upon the staple embracing said shim to clinch the ends or"the staple Within said body, and means for bending a hinged tongue of acover about said staple when the hinged tongue has been disposed throughthe space provided by the shim.

HARRY W. JONES,

